"This Friday we'll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge," said our science teacher, Mr Baker. "You can work alone or with a partner."
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always1on projects together.
The goal of the challenge was simple--to build a protective container(容器) to keep an egg from breaking when it dropped over the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. Spreading the buttercream gave me an idea. "I have a wonderful design for our,2container!" I said when Cassie arrived. "We can3the egg with some buttercream."
"Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute attached?" Cassie rolled her eyes. "The parachute is better than that stupid idea.
I couldn't believe it, Of course we'd had our, little4in the past, but she'd never called any of my ideas "5"before.
"Then I'll build mine and you build yours!"
Since words had been out, our friendship was, challenged.
When Friday finally arrived, I had to admit Cassie's Egg Force One looked pretty good, Anyway, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn't look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out, and those whose eggs survived(幸存)6three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were7. I let go of my box. I heard someone say "ow" after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the8. The sidewalk was dotted with egg shells(蛋壳) from those failed drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
"That looks like egg drop soup, Laura," Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My heart raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket.9.
"My egg bounced (弹起)10," she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
"A tie(平局)," Mr Baker said.
Cassie looked at me, and her glare (瞪眼) softened. I laughed. She smiled...
